ok.......i had win. vista pre installed on my laptop..but i tried installing xp....i couldnt..then. i booted it and i had both xp and vista in 1 partition..C:......but now,xp doesent work properly..(no sound, small screen size, undetected drivers,and i cant start vista too..so how do i format xp?
2007-05-21 12:12:20 · 6 answers · asked by abu777 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
ok...as shrimps said i need the correct drivers...i dunno which ones are the right drivers,dunno how to install,....please help!
2007-05-21 12:19:12 · update #1
erm......i wanted win.xp ONLY because vista is in japanese(Home Premium)..
2007-05-21 12:28:33 · update #2
ok.......i hav vista and xp in 2 different folders....and now, i re installed vista(japanese).....and xp doesent work on my laptop...i cant find the drivers too.:(
2007-05-21 12:56:57 · update #3
You can't downgrade from Vista to XP. You'll have to wipe the entire hard drive and re-install XP from scratch.
The easiest way is to boot off your XP disk and make sure to re-partition the hard drive at the start of the setup... even if you don't want to repartition. Just delete the partition and re-create it.
Make sure you don't have anything on it you need because this method will remove everything. You will still have no sound and such until you install the correct drivers. Check with the manufacturer of the laptop. Most of the major companies have driver downloads on their websites.
2007-05-21 12:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by The Psycho 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha, as you mention you had both XP and Vista installed in the same partition. Did you installed in the same folder as well? If yes i could only say that your Vista system crashed.
You could only now work out with your Windows XP by installing the drivers. I do believed that your laptop is New and believed that the drivers list is not registerd in XP. Go to the main website of your laptop brand and they will always have a guide to install your driver.(Note : Driver in Vista will not be intergrated with XP)
Frankly, if it's me, i'll backup the neccessarys with command promp and format everything. Then recovering it by using the recovery disk.
2007-05-21 19:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Giovanni L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try removing Windows XP.
It sounds like you have Vista installed in:
C:\Windows
and Windows XP installed in:
C:\Windows2
Therefore remove C:\Windows2
2007-05-21 19:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need the corrct hardware drivers for XP before sound/screen etc will work
Goto manufactures website and download from the drivers section.
2007-05-21 19:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format. Then reinstall windows xp !
2007-05-21 19:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try dual boot
http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
2007-05-21 19:21:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋